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Film editing is a crucial aspect of cinematic storytelling, and analyzing its key concepts provides insights into how filmmakers manipulate time, space, and rhythm to create a cohesive and engaging narrative.

Match the diverse casting term with its corresponding definition.

True or false: The formalist critic approach often explores the visual and auditory aspects of a film to understand how they create a unique aesthetic experience.

True or false: The marxist criticism approach to film analysis considers how films reflect and perpetuate social structures such as class struggles.

The terms “Autistic Disorder,” “Asperger’s Disorder,”  are no longer used in the current DSM-5 diagnostic criteria. 

Regarding a diagnosis of DID, a physician might screen out physical conditions causing symptoms such as memory loss and a sense of unreality.

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder do not commonly have restricted interests and repetitive behaviors.

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Imagine that you are consulting for a service company that is trying to implement Lean/TPS methodology. Drawing from what you learned in the Virginia Mason and Oberoi Hotel cases and in the “Lean Knowledge Work” and “Art vs. Science” articles, please briefly describe one “key to success” for implementing Lean/TPS in a service company that you would give to your client. Also, provide one example  of this advice being followed either at Virginia Mason or Oberoi. (No more than 8 sentences.)

Use the information described below to answer the following four questions: The manager at a local Starbucks café is considering installing kiosks that customers will use to place their orders. There will be one pooled queue for all the kiosks, and only one person uses each kiosk at a time.  At a busy time of day, there are 2 arrivals to the café per minute, the standard deviation of the time between arrivals is 0.6 minutes, and the average time a person spends on the kiosk is 2.5 minutes with standard deviation of 3 minutes. To ensure that waiting times are not too long, the manager is considering installing enough kiosks to keep utilization below 80%. What is the minimum number of kiosks needed to accomplish this?